Make all efforts to accomplish any task or something
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- A great ancient Greece playwright Euripides once told a legend general of Persia leaves his treasure in the tent and afterwards loses an important battle. Someone, who was asked to look for treasure, tried a lot to find it but could not, so to seek advice and help, he went to the Delphi’s oracle. The words of oracle were Moveromen lapidum, its translation in Latin is “to move every stone” means to try your best.
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Submitted on February 25, 2019
Additional definitions for 'Leave No Stone Unturned':
| leave no stone unturned | To do a task very carefully and thoroughly, not missing any step. |
| leave no stone unturned | To search thoroughly for something, looking in every conceivable place. |
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δεν αφήνουν καμιά πέτρα
Älä jätä kiveäkään kääntämättä
relinquo NIHIL RELIQUI FACIO
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